Fodor's Expert Review Hurunui Hotel

Built from limestone blocks, the Hurunui Hotel, New Zealand's oldest continually licensed hotel (since 1860), refreshed weary drovers bringing sheep down from Marlborough; it's still a great place to rest yourself with a beverage. There are seven quaint rooms in this stagecoach-style hotel, and the restaurant with its old-fashioned pub serves à la carte dinners including a succulent fillet steak. You can dine in the pub, where there is a roaring fire in winter, or outside in the tree-lined beer garden.